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Some people like harpsichords and others dont.... But to follow on from the previous defunct thread... I can see that for continuo work a digital might be ok.... even convenient at times. But as far as I know there is no digital instrument that feels like a hpd to play. I was at a concert at a unive...

Yamaha may have done it hard at first but in the long run it seems to me they have benefited from developing their own brand. Some Chinese pianos maybe fine, but will anyone really remember them in the long run when we all know many of the names are from long extinct European makers? Now Yamaha is o...

Hello all, I just wondering if people can tell me what sort of actions were fitted to smaller Challen grands? Did they ever use the spring and loop action fitted to some of the English baby grands? If I remember rightly Herberger-Brooks stopped making the spring and loop actions in the late 1960's s...

Thanks for the advice. Langer as I understand it are the latest incarnation of Herrberger-Brookes who made the original spring and loop action. Yes I agree that the Collard is not a masterpiece of pianos. But I have it now and I actually quite like it for all its faults. My Mother had a very nice Be...

I have a small Collard & Collard grand from the 1930's. It is a nice little piano and i very much like the clear if somewhat dry English sound it has. Being small it does not have the resonant bass that a bigger piano has, but neither does it just go 'thunk' like many more modern smaller (and pe...